Director dealings: Victorian Plumbing founder raises stake

Victorian Plumbing Group revealed on Tuesday that chief executive Mark Radcliffe had purchased 700,000 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed firm.

Radcliffe, who founded Victorian Plumbing in 2000, purchased the shares on Monday at an average price of 50.60p each, for a total value of £354,199.99.

Back in February, the bathroom products retailer said it had continued to trade in line with guidance issued at the time of its full-year results in December but warned that full-year margins would be "slightly lower" than originally anticipated after opting to absorb certain additional costs.

Victorian Plumbing warned that ongoing inflationary cost pressures remained and said it was "acutely aware" that customers were also managing inflationary pressures and would likely adopt a careful approach to price rises.

As of 1610 BST, Victorian shares had shot up 12.68% at 63.0p.

Top Director Buys

Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC)
Director name: Radcliffe,Mark
Amount purchased: 700,000 @ 50.60p
Value: £354,199.99

Strix Group (KETL)
Director name: Bartlett,Mark Victor Edward
Amount purchased: 134,249 @ 199.00p
Value: £267,155.51

Strix Group (KETL)
Director name: Lamb,Gary Edward
Amount purchased: 44,400 @ 199.00p
Value: £88,356.00

Staffline Group (STAF)
Director name: Spain,Thomas
Amount purchased: 95,217 @ 58.10p
Value: £55,321.07

Strix Group (KETL)
Director name: Wong,Raudres Lourdes
Amount purchased: 22,200 @ 199.00p
Value: £44,178.00

Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT)
Director name: Becker,Wendy
Amount purchased: 9,008 @ 388.54p
Value: £34,999.86

Strix Group (KETL)
Director name: Sells,Richard
Amount purchased: 9,894 @ 202.00p
Value: £19,985.88

Murray International Trust (MYI)
Director name: Melhuish ,Nicholas
Amount purchased: 939 @ 1,270.00p
Value: £11,925.33

Macfarlane Group (MACF)
Director name: Gulvanessian,Aleen
Amount purchased: 7,638 @ 130.14p
Value: £9,940.09

Staffline Group (STAF)
Director name: Spain,Thomas
Amount purchased: 10,027 @ 57.60p
Value: £5,775.55

Fireangel Safety Technology Group (FA.)
Director name: Fox,Zoe
Amount purchased: 18,264 @ 13.69p
Value: £2,500.34

Fireangel Safety Technology Group (FA.)
Director name: Fox,Zoe
Amount purchased: 10,901 @ 13.76p
Value: £1,499.98

Fireangel Safety Technology Group (FA.)
Director name: Fox,Zoe
Amount purchased: 7,246 @ 13.80p
Value: £999.95

I(x) Net Zero Npv (IX.)
Director name: Oyer,Steven Michael
Amount purchased: 885 @ 75.00p
Value: £663.75

Travis Perkins (TPK)
Director name: Roberts,Nick
Amount purchased: 12 @ 1,255.75p
Value: £150.69

Top Director Sells

Idox (IDOX)
Director name: Meaden,David
Amount sold: 2,870,000 @ 60.93p
Value: £1,748,691.05

Provident Financial (PFG)
Director name: Kapur ,Neeraj
Amount sold: 23,874 @ 292.30p
Value: £69,783.70

Provident Financial (PFG)
Director name: May,Malcolm Le
Amount sold: 21,154 @ 292.30p
Value: £61,833.14

Staffline Group (STAF)
Director name: Spain,Thomas
Amount sold: 95,217 @ 58.00p
Value: £55,225.86

Staffline Group (STAF)
Director name: Spain,Thomas
Amount sold: 10,027 @ 57.60p
Value: £5,775.55